Overload release for rockable arms



0d; 15, 1946. c. w, M TT 2,409,511

OVERLOAD RELEASE FOR ROCKABLE ARMS Filed Nov. 20. 1944 Patented Oct. 15, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OVEBLOAD RELEASE FOR ROCKABLE ARMS OFFICE Carl W. Mott, La Grange, 111., assignor to International Harvester Company, a corporation of This invention has to do with rockable arms of the character for transmitting force to or from shafts and the like, and relates more particularly to a yieldable overload device incora transport position where these plow bottoms will be above the ground surface 19. These plow bottoms are suitably mounted upon the outer or back ends of parallel links 2! and 22, which porated into the structure of the arm. 5- have pivotal connections with the body of the- One of the objects of thi invention i the tractor at their front ends. The back ends of provision of a novel rockable arm having root the parallel links and the plow bottoms are conand arm components articulately connected to nected with the rod I6 by a lift rod 23, and a facilitate relative movement therebetween upon pivotal connection 24 between these rods I6 and the application of a force of overload propor- 10 23 is supported at the upper end of a rigid arm tions to the arm component for rocking the 20 pivotally connected with the tractor body at structure, together with yieldable means for norits lower end. v mally maintaining the components in fixed re- In Fig. 2 the arm structure it can be seen to lation. g have a keyed connection 25 between its root The invention further contemplates and has portion l4 and the rock-shaft II. It is the pmfor one of its objects the provision of an over pose of the'overload device incorporated into the load device employed between the parts of 9. arm structure to prevent excessive sudden strain multi-part rockable arm and wherein there is upon this keyed connection should the rocka hinged connection between. the parts facilishaft H be rotated suddenly by the power drive tating separation of portions respectively upon therefor for lifting an unusually heavy i p the parts and paced sufficiently dist nt from ment It. The overload release device comprises the hinged connection for adapting the employh nge portions in the form of ears 26 and 21 rement of a relatively light spring for normally p fi p the Part8 d I5 ese l constraining the separable portions against seperally projecting portions 0 Sections Contain aration and thereby normally maintaining the 25 holes 3 a W ic a e Oversize W h r p parts of the arm in rigid assembly. to the shank of a bolt 3| which they receive. The above desirable objects and other specific When end faces 32 a d 33 O the members l4 objects will become more fully comprehended and I5 are disposed in flatwise abutting relation, after reading the ensuing description and examas illustrated in pp fa s 34 a d 35 inin-g the annexed drawing, wherein: of the extensions 26 and 21 are disposed in di- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevational View ver ing r lati s constraining illustrating the rear portion of a farm tractor tions or parts in t form of s 3 and 31 p ohaving an overload release rock-shaft arm em- Ject from the root and arm portions 0f bodying the principles of the present invention the structure I oppositely from t projecting mo nt d th r n; a d parts 26 and 21. Holes 38 and 39 are also formed Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the rockin these extensions 36 and 31, and these holes shaft arm of Fi 1 h wn l r d, d t are oversize with respect to the shank of a bolt the parts thereof in the position occupied when 4| Which y r The h 42 Of th s b t released by the application of an overload force. bears against the under side of t section The tractor shown in Fig. 1 has a power-operwhile a nut 43 and a washer 44 maintain a hellated rock-shaft H which extends transversely al Spr n 5 in compressed relation against the across the tractor frame or body l2 and has upper S f the SectiOh F is e ed y rock-shaft arm tructures l3 connected to opthe Spring 45 p e pp r s e of the S ction posite of its ends for rotation therewith. Only 31 and causes the t d 2 o p s pwa y one of the rock-shaft arm structures is illustrated 45 against the under S e Of t e section 35 even when i the i g, E h arm structure [3 these two sections 35 and 31 are in the closed prises a root portion it and an arm l5 normally formation illustrated in Fig. 1, which is deteraxi ll aligned ith th o t portion 14 d promined by the faces 32 and 33 (which serve as stop jecting radially from the rock-shaft H. means) abutting together. The spring 45 is of When the rock-shaft ll is rotated clockwise suflicient strength to normally maintain the secfrom the position shown in Fig. 1, the arm structions 35 and 31 in their contiguous relation and in ture 53, which is constrained to rotate therethis manner cooperates with the hinged connecwith, will exert a forward pull upon a rod l6 tion comprising the bolt 3! for maintaining the for raising plow bottoms l! of an implement portions [4 and I5 of the arm structure in rigid 18 from the ground-working position shown into assembly. It will be noted in Fig. 1 that when the faces 32 and 33 of the arm structure components are disposed flatly together, or when the overload release device is in unreleased condition, the head of the bolt 3| and the nut 45 thereon respectively virtually engage the faces of the sections 21 and 26 disposed in opposed relation therewith. The diverging faces 34 and 35 leave a space therebetween into which the laterally projecting sections 25 and 21 can move when the device is operated into the release position of Fig. 2.

Normally the overload release device will remain in the condition illustrated in Fig. 1 wherein the faces 32 and 33 are disposed together, and the root and arm portions I4 and iii are in axial alinement. This unreleased condition of the device prevails during normal lift of implements such as Hi. In the event of the attachment of an unusually heavy implement to the tractor or the association of any unusually heavy load to the outer end of the arm structure IS the re active torsional force applied through this structure to the rock-shaft II will be cushioned and more gradually applied through the spring 45 as it is compressed pursuant to relative pivotal movement of the structure components M and 15 at their hinged connection 28-2 e-3| and the separation of the constraining sections 36 and 3?. Injury to the parts through which the force couple is transmitted is thereby averted by avoiding impact-like development of the force. Upon the termination or suflicient diminution of the force, the spring 45 will automatically reestablish the unoperated condition of the overload device.

Having thus described a preferred embodiment of the invention with the view of clearly illustrating the same, I claim:

4. A rockable force-transmitting arm structure comprising a root portion adapted for rocking about an axis, an arm portion disposed in endto-end relation with said root portion, the adjacent ends of said arm and root portions having end face portions normally resting against one another, said arm portion having ears projecting laterally of and oppositely from its said end portion, said root portion having ears projecting lat-- erally of and oppositely from its said end portion and respectively paired with the ears of said root portion, each pair of said ears having axially registering openings of which the axes extend lengthwise of the arm structure, the opposed faces of one pair of said ears being spaced apart while said end faces of the arm and root portions are resting against one another, a bolt shank under-size in respect to and disposed within the openings in said one pair of ears, a second bolt shank under-size in respect to and disposed within the openings of the other pair of ears and having a portion extending outwardly through one of the openings associated therewith lengthwise of the arm structure, a helical spring disposed about said extending bolt shank portion and reacting expansively therebetween, and one of the ears in said other pair for urging the ears of such pair together and normally maintaining the end faces of said arm and shank portions in the relation resting against one another but being compressible pursuant to rocking of the arm portion relatively to the shank portion in a manner incurring separation of said end faces and engagement of the opposed faces of the one pair of ears.

CARL W. MOTT. 

